The document outlines the Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA), an entry-level certification aimed at validating fundamental technology knowledge for students to begin their careers in Microsoft technologies. It provides information on how to obtain MTA certifications through authorized partners, the various exam topics available, and resources for educators and students for effective curriculum integration. Additionally, it discusses the advantages of MTA certification, including its role as a stepping stone to more advanced Microsoft certifications and career opportunities in technology fields.

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2. Invest Big without a Big Investment
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3. MTA Overview
What is Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)?
MTA is an entry-level certification that validates the fundamental technology knowledge that students
need to start building a career in Microsoft technologies.
12 initial titles on Developer, IT Pro, and Database high-demand topics.
9 initial languages: English, Spanish, S. Chinese, T. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, Russian, Br.
Portuguese
What can MTA do for me?
You can offer students a solid career foundation and facilitates career exploration.
You get an education solution including learning and an industry-recognized credentials.
MTA lowers the barriers to entry to the Microsoft Certification Program by providing a stepping stone to
our professional certification.
Who needs MTA?
MTA is exclusively for academic customers: technology-focused high schools and higher education
institutions. It’s driven by Certiport partners and Microsoft’s Public Sector, Education and Evangelism
teams in the field.
How can I get MTA?
Get it through Certiport or an authorized Certiport Partner. It’s an internet-based platform that gives you
unprecedented testing flexibility. There are testing centers with educators empowered as proctors. You
receive an MTA Exam Review Kit to facilitate curriculum adoption.

4. Microsoft Certification Program
Information Worker IT Pro and Developer
Productivity Certifications Technology Certifications
Master Series Advanced Series
Overall comprehension and deep IT architects who have completed a
expertise of Microsoft Office. Requires rigorous industry-driven peer
Word Expert, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, validation process.
and Outlook or Access exams. IT experts with demonstrated
mastery of a product through
Expert Series hands-on lab-based testing.
Advanced skills in specific Microsoft
Office applications. Requires passing Professional Series
either Word Expert or Excel Expert.
Comprehensive set of
skills required to be
Specialist Series successful on the job.
Validates core skills with the
Microsoft Office suite. Technology Series
Includes exams in Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, In-depth skills working
Project, and SharePoint. with Microsoft
technologies.
Associate Series
Fundamental knowledge for
students to start building a
successful career in technology.

5. Path from MTA to MCTS to IT Jobs
• One MTA exam = One MTA certification
• MTA exams are not pre-requisite to each other or to MCTS exams
MTA Certification Paths – IT Pro and Database

6. MTA Certification Paths – Developer

7. What Does MTA Test?
Software Developer
98-361: Software Developer 98-362: Windows Developer
Fundamentals Fundamentals
Understanding core programming Understanding Windows programming basics
Understanding object-oriented programming Creating Windows Forms applications
Understanding general software development Creating WPF applications
Understanding web applications Creating Windows Services applications
Understanding desktop applications Accessing data in a Windows Forms
Understanding databases application
Deploying Windows application
98-363: Web Developer Fundamentals 98-372: Microsoft.NET Fundamentals
Programming web applications Understanding .NET Framework concepts
Working with data and services Understanding Namespaces and Classes in
Troubleshooting and debugging web the .NET Framework
applications Understanding .NET Code compilation
Working with client-side scripting Understanding I/O Classes in the .NET
Configuring and deploying web applications Framework
Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are
designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.

8. What Does MTA Test?
Software Developer
98-375: HTML5 Application 98-374: Gaming Developer
Development Fundamentals Fundamentals
Understanding Platform fundamentals Understanding game design
Managing the state of an application Designing the UI
Understanding how to publish an application Understanding components
Building the UI using HTML5 Working with XNA
Understanding core CSS concepts Understanding game platforms
Understanding JavaScript for basic programing Rendering engines
Animations
Transforming objects
98-373: Mobile Development
Fundamentals
Understanding mobile device tools
Understanding design for mobile devices
Understanding basic Silverlight
Understanding mobile device APIs
Understanding mobile device controls
Building a UI
Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are
designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.

9. What Does MTA Test?
IT Pro Titles
98-365: Windows Server Admin. 98-366: Networking Fundamentals
Fundamentals Understanding network infrastructures
Understanding server installation o Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, WAN,
Understanding server roles wireless, topologies, access methods
Understanding network hardware
Understanding Active Directory
o Switches, routers, media types
Understanding storage
Understanding protocols and services
Understanding server performance management o OSI model, IPv4, IPv6, names resolution,
Understanding server maintenance networking services, TCP/IP
98-349: Windows Operating System 98-367: Security Fundamentals
Fundamentals Understanding security layers
Understanding Operating System Configurations Understanding operating system security
Installing and Upgrading Client Systems Understanding network security
Managing Applications Understanding security software
Managing Files and Folders
Managing Devices
Understanding Operating System Maintenance Exams are defined based on career tracks
with high demand in the industry. Specific
topics are designed by MSL experts and
vetted with college instructors.

10. What does MTA Test?
Database Titles
98-364: Database Admin. Fundamentals
Understanding core database concepts
Creating database objects
Manipulating data
Understanding data storage
Administering a database
Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are
designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.

11. MTA Campus License
You can offer up to 500 MTA exams per calendar year with just one license.
Two
All you need is a computer with internet access, and you can administer the Campuses
exam at any time! Plus, your students have unlimited access to MTA Exam = Two
Licenses
Review Kits.

12. Get Started!
1. Register as a Proctor with Certiport. Instructions are available at
www.certiport.com
2. Create a proctor pool. When you build a strong community of certification
exam proctors at your school, you help to ensure the success of your
certification offering.
3. Take the MTA exam yourself. Have a Certiport peer proctor administer the
test. This will familiarize you with the student experience and exam content.
4. Map the MTA exam objective domains to the content you are currently
teaching.
5. Use your Certification Exam Review Kits to prepare students for any exam
content not covered by your existing curriculum.

13. Get Your Students Started!
1. Send students to http://www.microsoft.com/click/areyoucertifiable/ to
practice their knowledge and challenge their peers to a game of AYC! MTA
game questions are based on MTA exam objectives.
2. Have your students register at http://dreamspark.com to download full
versions of Microsoft software and to find more student resources from
Microsoft.
3. Have students register for the exam a few days prior to administering it.
This will ensure that all students are ready to take the exam in a single class
period. (Exam time is approximately 50 minutes.)

14. MTA Student Study Guides:
IT Pro Edition / Developer and Database Edition
Available in print-ready
or study-ready format
Download free-of-charge at: www.certiport.com/mta

15. MTA Exam Review Kits
As an MTA customer, you can download review kits for free. Developed by MS Learning,
MTA Exam Review Kits are collections of 20 review lessons, 50 minutes each, covering
the topics of each individual MTA exam.
Course syllabus
• Learning objectives
• Unit scope and sequence
• Pacing chart
• A mapping of the unit learning activities to the MTA exam objectives
Instructor materials
• Lesson plans for each day of instruction
• Presentation slides for each day of instruction
• Annotated speaker notes for each slide
Content delivery resources
• Occasional class demonstrations
• Occasional interactive whole-class sessions
• Guides for occasional discussions to foster dialogue about key topics
Student learning materials
• Instructor presentation slides
• In-class exercises (including the code for those exercises)
• Practical out-of-class work
• Labs as appropriate
Student assessment materials
•End-of-lesson/sub-unit questions and answers
Microsoft Official Academic Courseware available from Wiley Publishing

16. 5 Scenarios you might encounter
1.The
Perfect Fit – course maps exactly to the OD (overall
exam Objective Domain)
2.RoughAlignment – course is incomplete for some
elements of some ODs
3.Incomplete – course completely misses some ODs
4.No Alignment – course does not match OD, but
instructor provides MTA Certification opportunity
5.Independent Study – Instructor offers MTA as
independent study or to a small group

17. Scenario 1: Perfect Fit
Course maps to the complete set of ODs
Use the ERK as a review tool
 Use all of the lessons as classroom activities
 Use those lessons in which students need the most review
 Assign lessons as out-of-class activities
 Mix and match to fit the needs of individual students
 Use as an individual study guide

18. Scenario 2: Rough Alignment
Course is incomplete for some ODs
Use the ERK as a basis for new learning
 Select portions of the lessons to introduce new concepts
 Use the structure of the lesson to build a more complete and
robust lesson
 Refer to the “Microsoft resources and Web links” as tools
 Use the sections that match as a review tool

19. Scenario 3: Incomplete
Course completely misses a few ODs
Use ERK as a starting point to create new units
 Expand the activities to more completely introduce and teach
the new concepts
 The “Microsoft resources and Web links” section provides
sources for content
 Use the review lesson as a culminating review activity
 Use the sections that match as a review tool

20. Scenario 4: No Alignment
Instructor wants to provide MTA course
Use as a starting point to create a new course
 Develop new course that matches the OD
 Combine the OD and the content in the review lessons to build
or select courseware
 Use the review lesson as a culminating review activity to
measure the effectiveness of the new course

21. Scenario 5: Independent Study
MTA as independent study or to a small group
Provide the ERK to students as study guides
 Enable motivated students in a class to prepare for the exam
independently or in a study group
 Provide ERKs to guide their learning and/or review
 Schedules a convenient time to administer the exam on the
school campus and provide proctoring

22. MTA Courseware and Additional
Resources
Vendor Courseware
• Wiley, CCI
MeasureUp Practice Tests
MTA Student Study Guides
• Available free at www.certiport.com/mta
AreYouCertifiable (AYC) Practice Game (no-charge online game)
• http://www.microsoft.com/click/areyoucertifiable
www.microsoft.com/learning/mta
•Prep Guides and Learning Plans
www.certiport.com/mta
•See marketing materials, become a test center, purchase a
license

23. IT Starts
Here.